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sunshyne Aug 2, 2004

im a compulsive reader. i cant think of something i really hated reading although last year i did attempt and fail to finish Ulysses by James Joyce. i couldnt follow the story. a friend told me ...

thatdarngirl Aug 2, 2004

James Joyce is a moron, stay away from his books. I can write a journal and call it a literary masterpiece and it would make more sense then Portrait of an Artist as a Young Man.

sunshyne sunshyneOG 2004

thanks for the nugget of wisdom ... i was just trying to read everything on the random house 100 best novels list and figured id start at the top

http://www.randomhouse.com/modernlibrary/100bestnovels.html

thatdarngirl thatdarngirlOG 2002

I have a harvard list I want to get through one day.

malibu malibuOG 2001

see i have a problem with these lists. most of the books on these lists are considered good because they were revolutionary for what was going on at that time. like huck finn discussing slavery. and while i did like huck finn it is not the astounding book it once was. or the grapes of wrath describing the depression. that to me was not good readin. it's historical and everything but i wouldn't consider it one of the top 100 books every written.

thatdarngirl thatdarngirlOG 2002

Yeah, I don't actually think most of those books are as good as they should be BUT if I'm gonna be a teacher I guess I need to read them.

malibu malibuOG 2001

don't be silly. you only need to read the dumb ones you're gonna teach. i need to find a book critic that i agree with and read their top 100 list. i can't find one though. all the formal things always have bad books in them.

thatdarngirl thatdarngirlOG 2002

I took like two lists and combined them.

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